Can't play via steam "offline"

[Dago Red]

I know the veterans here will know -- is there some reason you cannot play mods (namely this one) in offline mode with steam?

I've boycotted Rome II for so long I can't remember what massive cluster of mods I'd last cobbled together to make it playable, but wanted to check out DEI's changes after seeing the battle preview. All want smoothly once everything was patched to Emperor Edition and I started up a game, however, I don't play via steam online as it sucks too much bandwidth. When I quit out to restart in offline mode the mod manager no longer shows the mods as being current, and when I force select them, the game won't launch at all.

i'm assuming the manual install avoids this, but is there a way to play DEI via steam offline?

[Ygraine]

I played DeI a few days ago when my internet was down and I started steam in offline mode, it worked fine. My mods are downloaded without workshop - perhaps this is what causes the issue for you (if you used the workshop)?

[Dago Red]

Yeah the workshop. Used it since it was launched but only for a few months before giving up entirely on this engine. Now it won't launch DEI on or offline so there must be an issue with the workshop files. Good to know its still possible to play offline, thank you!